Nadia Arslan (

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: نادية أرسلان), also romanised as Nadia Arsalan, was a Lebanese actress who came to prominence in

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of the 1970s. Born Hind Arslan (Arabic: هند أرسلان) to a

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family of

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n and Lebanese origin, she won a Lebanon

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in the beginning of the 1970s and moved to

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. مايو نادية أرسلان. ملكة جمال لبنان
Her first significant performance was in Galal El-Sharkawy's ''The Greatest Child in the World'' (اعظم طفل فى العالم) released in 1972 and starring

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. She became a staple actress for supporting roles in flicks such as the 1973 film ''

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'' (ذكري ليلة حب) starring

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and the 1975 film ''

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'' (أريد حلا) starring

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, and the 1965 film ''Everybody Wants to Fall in Love'' (الكل عاوز يحب) starring

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. Her last film of importance was Ahmed Yehia's 1984 film ''As Not to Fly the Smoke'' (حتى لايطير الدخان). After marriage to fellow actor Mohamed El Arabi, she retired permanently from cinema in 1987. After her retirement, she grew increasingly religious and later expressed regret for her acting career.نادية أرسلان
/ref> Arslan was diagnosed with

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in 2005 and died on 25 May 2008.

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Nadia Arslan
at ElCinema * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arslan, Nadia Lebanese film actresses Lebanese beauty pageant winners 1949 births 2008 deaths Lebanese Druze